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Against the polarisation of society

Why progressive parties sometimes need to be conservative to stop the populist revolts

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Back to the roots

Why social democracy needs to represent ordinary people instead of middle-class cosmopolitans

By Ernst Hillebrand

Reuters

‘It’s the democracy, stupid’

Certain Remainers’ claims that the Brexit referendum result should be discounted display a lack of democratic faith

By Frances Foley

Reuters

Trump beyond the midterms

The upcoming US midterm elections will not determine the future of the US President

By Metin Hakverdi

Reuters

Bolsonaro: the end of Brazilian democracy?

Brazil now has the most extremist president of any democratic nation. What this means for the country

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Review of ‘For a Left Populism’

In this book, political scientist Chantal Mouffe argues that populism could be the only way to reinvigorate a faltering left

By Paul Hockenos

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The nationalist cosmopolitan

...sounds like an oxymoron? Many voters don’t see it that way – and so don’t feel included in the current political debate

By Jan Eichhorn

Reuters

Bible, Beef and Bullets

What a victory of Jair Messias Bolsonaro would mean for democracy in Brazil and the whole of Latin America

By Pablo Stefanoni

Reuters

The false hero called digitalisation

It's an illusion to think digitalisation will not destroy any jobs. In fact, they might be sacrificed on the altar of competitiveness

By Christoph P. Mohr

Reuters

Whatever it takes

After 2008, the left failed to end neoliberalism. Ten years on, it has to get its act together and prevent another financial crisis

By Wolfgang Schroeder